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Did this zoo paint a donkey to look like a zebra?

A zoo in Cairo, Egypt has been accused of of painting a donkey with stripes to look like a zebra, tricking tourists and other visitors. Mahmoud Sarhan posted a picture of the animal on his Facebook page from his July 21 visit to Cairo's International Garden municipal park.

A zoo in Cairo, Egypt has been accused of painting a donkey with stripes to look like a zebra, tricking tourists and other visitors.

In a now viral post, student Mahmoud Sarhan uploaded a picture of the animal on his Facebook page from his July 21 visit to Cairo's International Garden municipal park. Sarhan told the local news outlet extranews.tv he immediately recognized paint on the animal because of his background in art and because the animal's "stripes," were visibly smudged on its body and face.

"The stupidity has reached in the country that they brought a local donkey and painted it to look like a zebra," Sarhan wrote in Arabic on Facebook, according to CNN.

A veterinarian contacted by extranews.tv also confirmed that the animal could not be a zebra because zebras have dark snouts and small, pointed ears. The animal in the photo has a light snout and long, rounded ears.

"No reputable animal-care facility would subject skittish animals like donkeys to the stress of being restrained and sprayed with chemicals like paint, which could cause a painful allergic reaction," PETA wrote on its website.

Many also took to Twitter to ridicule the zoo for the alleged incident.

I haven't been on twitter a lot today, but the fake zebra/ painted donkey story is the best thing to happen today.